Moving from fine Art prints to original paintings is quite the expensive endeavor. The slow growth of my art collection over time with a focus on urban art, street art, bridging into fine art has been fun… But expensive. Martin Whatson is a Norwegian street artist who is known for his fun, eye popping, colorful, graffiti tags. He has gained quite a following. I love his use of grayscale with pops of colored graffiti. This is a stencil and spray paint on canvas with paint pen graffiti tags.

OK folks… You may not recognize the importance of this odd looking print. Gonefellow is one of the artists in Banksy’s conglomerate and a good friend of his. This art print is very limited in its edition size and features what’s known to be a “portrait“ of the most famous/infamous Urban artist of our generation Banksy (with a box over his head to protect his anonymity, of course!) and can go into details about what I know about him and his crew….but I won’t do that. I know a lot of things about a lot of things…IYKYK

Kevin Peterson produces amazing lifealike urban art pieces. The majority of his work captures a child and a wild animal in an urban landscape. The detail and precision brings, realism, surrealism together in a dream-like state. His original paintings are getting pricey in the $5,000 to $15,000 range, however, his prints can be purchased at reasonable prices for a couple hundred dollars. These are a limited edition, signed, and numbered. They look great when matted and properly framed.

Ardif, a French artist that I met about 7 years ago, still has affordable art (both prints and paintings) and will work on commissions as well. They intricate details on his “mechanimals” have a steampunk like quality that belies his start as an architect. But his stuff while you can as it slowly continues to rise in collectability art, cost, value, and depth.

Alexander Codd (ACodd on IG) stencil and spray paint original painting on canvas of one of my personal heroes, Dr. Paul Farmer. Dr. Farmer revolutionized the art of global health. I’ve dedicated much of my life and personal career to volunteering overseas. This painting is means a lot to me and resonates with me on many levels.